AT&T customers need iPhone and iOS 9.3 to take advantage of new feature. However, it is worth noting that new service does not differ from normal rates for calls abroad.

Subscribers AT&T with iPhone 6 or newer model can make and receive calls via Wi-Fi when they are outside United States.

Today operator informed its customers of the change in the Wi-Fi feature that was introduced in October 2015. Previously, this option was limited for calls from US, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. Now, users can make and receive calls over a wireless network when traveling abroad.

Official page AT&T has been updated and said that calls using “Wi-Fi can be used domestically and abroad, in most countries.”

Once activated function calls via Wi-Fi transmits phone calls over the wireless network. By using a wireless network, the user can still make and receive calls even if the cellular signal is weak or unavailable. This feature is available to all customers AT&T, so you do not need to download any other application.

Recall that four largest US carriers, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon offer calls via Wi-Fi.

Calls via Wi-Fi has become popular thanks to apps like Skype and WhatsApp. New offer is a way for operators to compete with such applications and each other to retain and attract new consumers.

Moreover, users AT&T could save money using calls via Wi-Fi from abroad. If you call via Wi-Fi to another cellular phone, you do not pay the cost of the call made in another country. However, calling a number abroad from a cellular US itself will cost the normal rate of an international call, but will not be charged for the minutes of the monthly user fee. In addition you can send text messages via Wi-Fi.

There are some limitations. For subscribers of AT&T, calls via Wi-Fi require iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. They also need to install iOS 9.3, the new version of Apple’s operating system, which was released on Monday.

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Apple has the program Reuse and Recycle which allows you to exchange old iPhone for new one. However, main problem is that the company does not accept iPhone with broken screen, damaged camera and buttons.

Today it became known that situation has changed and manufacturer has chosen a new strategy. Now users can change their damaged iPhone 5s and iPhone 6/6 Plus for new smartphones. If you want to change iPhone 5S, Apple gives you a discount of $50 for buying a new smartphone, $200 in exchange iPhone 6s and $250 if you want to replace iPhone 6 Plus.

Of course, Apple has established some restrictions on the types of damage. Nevertheless, it is still a good offer. By the way, this method is mutually beneficial for Apple and its customers. From a financial point of view, the replacement of a broken screen will cost half the price of a new smartphone, and even more expensive. So that producers and consumers are winners. The company from Cupertino makes a sale, and client gets new gadget at discount.

The second good news: for those who change the damaged iPhone on new smartphone, Apple will offer to set protection on display for free. As reported, it is very difficult to set protective film on the screen. Apple launches new protection program for iPhone displays in cooperation with well-known manufacturer accessories Belkin.

This program is related to the fact that Belkin provides a special device that automates the installation of protective film on iPhone screen. The device for gluing the film is very compact, it can be placed on one of the shelves and in a few minutes carefully apply the protective film on iPhone display.

The film from Belkin consumer buys separately. Its price on Apple website is $35.

Unfortunately, at the moment we do not know where the program will work. Sources say that the device for gluing protective films is already set in the Japanese Apple Store.

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Minimum amount of memory has its advantages. After Apple decided to stop production of devices with memory capacity of 32GB, the purchase of iPhone and iPad of average price segment became profitable. Now you can pay additional $100 and receive in two and four times more memory on your smartphone.

16GB iPhone is no longer popular, so I want to protect these devices and tell 5 advantages of 16GB internal memory.

1. Price

Of course, the cheapest smartphone has always been the best-selling. Models iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 decline in prices and we recommend to buy these smartphones. You can buy them for almost as low as at end of 2014 that is very tempting.

2. Liquidity

If you think about the next sale of the gadget, the situation looks very promising. In secondary market people are trying to save and buy used smartphones. 16GB iPhone is considered the most popular on all Internet sites with used smartphones.

3. Internet services

We are talking about cloud storage, online theaters and streaming services. All of them will reduce the amount of media data on iPhone. Upload photos to the cloud, watch videos and listen to music online by subscription. Then 16GB iPhone is enough for games and applications.

4. Mobile Internet

You can connect suitable tariff plan and be online at any time. Thus, you will be able to access to any data in cloud services. As you know, every day the speed of Internet connections is growing and prices are more reasonable.

Needless to say that the mobile Internet, Apple Music or Netflix are expensive, but we have saved on amount of memory, so we can afford them.

5. External Hard Drives

If you do not want to use cloud services, then excellent alternative is to buy an external drive. Now you can find a large variety of devices with lightning connector. For the difference in price between iPhone models, you can buy USB flash drive.

Keep in mind that user may share hard drives and cloud services with other relatives. Also such devices can be used not only for smartphone 16GB iPhone.

Bonus

16GB iPhone disciplines its owner. I always know what applications are on the device, remember the location of program shortcuts and their contents. I regularly copy the desired photos and videos to my computer and I do not store them on iPhone if I do not use them.

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We often meet iPhone locked by Apple id account on Ebay. If you do not want to buy iPhone with Activation Lock, you need carefully read the instructions that we have prepared for you.

What is Activation Lock?

Apple iOS 7 has a new option to lock iPhones if the owner said that smartphone has been stolen. To deactivate function, you must know the password of the account iCloud, which crook did not know. So you can find iPhone on eBay, which is two times cheaper than usual. However, it has Activation Lock.

You should carefully read the description of product, if you do not want buy iPhone with Activation Lock. Often, sellers indicate in the product description that iPhone with Activation Lock and offer to buy iPhone at half the price. However, there are some sellers who do not tell about it, and try to sell not functional iPhone like new and fully functional smartphone.

How to check iPhone with Activation Lock?

Before buying the iPhone from the hands or eBay we recommend you to check iPhone IMEI.

You need to go to iCloud from a Web browser on a computer, smartphone or tablet, and check the status lock activation. Also, you can use the free service “activate or deactivate Find My iPhone”

When you buy iPhone on Ebay, always ask the seller disconnect the smartphone from account iCloud. Be careful not to get fooled by cheap iPhones. We advise you to personally meet with the seller and carefully check the smartphone, not to buy iPhone with Activation Lock.

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January 9, 2007 Steve Jobs showed the world the first iPhone. Remember the words of Steve Jobs during the presentation: “Today Apple reinvents the phone again”. Steve was not wrong, because iPhone changed the smartphone market. Apple iPhone has made mobile technology more user-friendly and easy to use.

We decided to tell you some interesting facts about iPhone, which everyone should know.

The first iPhone was supposed to be exclusive for Verizon

Apple needed a good partner to launch the first iPhone. The company addressed to the largest mobile operator of the United States Verizon and offered the first-generation iPhone as an exclusive. The operator rejected the proposal. Less successful AT&T needed a good an exclusive product that would compete with Verizon. That is why AT&T is accepted all the conditions of Apple, and even refused to deploy its own logo in the phone.

Manufacturer of processors for the iPhone has been Samsung

Many people believe that Apple and Samsung are the main competitors, however, they are also partners. In recent years, Apple is trying refuse the services of the Korean company, but it is very hard to do.

The most expensive part of the iPhone is its display

Many people think that the most expensive part of any smartphone is processor. But in really the most expensive element of the iPhone is display. For example, the display iPhone 6S Plus costs $52.5. Meanwhile, the price of the processor is estimated at $22.

The presentation of the first iPhone could completely fail

Many people do not know that the first iPhone of 2007 year was unfinished prototype. Jobs was advised to postpone the presentation, but he did not want to abandon the traditional “live” presentations. Smartphone constantly buggy. It turned on and off. It was not able to play a melody or video to the end. Also smartphone turned off when someone opens the browser and mail in the wrong order and could not work longer hours without rebooting. But Steve Jobs didn’t want to postpone the presentation. Apple engineers had to find the perfect sequence of actions and applications that allow Jobs to show the possibilities of still “raw” iPhone.

The software to jailbreak has a symbolic name

Jay Freeman is famous for the creating application that allows users to install the utility on iPhone by free developers and distributed outside the App Store. Freeman called his program Cydia. The name chosen not without reason, because Cydia Pomonella is the name of apple worm that is so common and familiar to anyone who loves this healthy fruit.

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It is no secret that technology is constantly evolving, and one device replaces another. Today top manager of Huawei says that the era of iPhone will end in 2020. But why does he think so?

According to the head of the marketing division of the company Huawei Shao Yang, the mobile phone industry has a cycle of 12 years. Shao Yang said that the era of mobile phones began in 1995 after the release of devices from Motorola, and in 2007 the industry turned to iPhone – the era of smartphones.

What comes next, you ask? Shao Yang called the new era of “Superphone,” and it will begin in the 2019-2020 year.

Inspired by biological evolution, mobile phones will enter the lives of users like Superphone.

It is unclear how the smartphone market may change that it has new name and becomes something more. Maybe a top manager of Huawei knows more than we do. As you know, Huawei is increasing its share in the world with a geometric progression, threatening Apple and Samsung.

Sam Young is a supporter of the “Internet of Things” and group devices into one gadget. But now the smartphone combines a clock function, music player, address book and much more. What will a new stage? No one knows.

The fact that the era of iPhone will end the next few years – we do not believe in it. Sales of Apple smartphones are growing every quarter. On the other hand, Apple iPad has completely different situation, but that’s another story.

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What you should pay attention when you buy a new smartphone? Most likely you hear a phrase like “Neverlock”. What does it mean Neverlock? What is the difference between Neverlock and Unlock iPhone? Let’s see.

Neverlock (phone never locked) means that the iPhone works with all mobile operators without any additional chips or programs. Meanwhile, unlock iPhone is more difficult.

Let’s look at the history of iPhone. Phones were made originally for the United States and Europe. In the US and Europe has a popular purchase contract. What does it mean? You buy the phone for about 20% of its value, but at the same time sign a contract with a particular operator. Under the terms of the contract you agree to use the services of a particular operator and to pay the monthly fee. Thus, you get the phone at much cheaper, but if you look, paying a contract for 2 years, the operator returns their money invested and multiplies profits. It is worth noting that if the user breaks the contract, he must pay the full cost of the phone.

Thus, the operator locks the mobile phone until will expire contract with the user. All this time phone will work only in a specific network operator. It sounds – Locked iPhone.

If the user of the phone is going to go to another country, he most likely will need to use another operator, as not all US carriers work abroad. In this case, the user only has to write an official request and the iPhone will be unlocked. After this procedure, the device lock will be impossible. This procedure is called «Premium Unlock». Officially unlocked iPhones is absolutely no different from Neverlock.

It is time to talk about how to check the phone is locked or not?

Remove the slot for a SIM card, it should be no chips. The slot must be empty. Then, insert your SIM card and if the phone catches network you can be calm, you have Neverlock phone.

If you want to finally see this you can type the verification code to check the balance of money in the account, it always ends with #. If the phone shows the balance of your phone – you definitely are holding Neverlock. If the phone rings (in any combination at the end with #) – You’ve got Lock phone.

We hope the article was useful to you, and you understand the difference between neverlock and unlock iPhone.

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Many people coming to America are surprised to high prices for mobile communications and the Internet. The high price of mobile communications depend on the level of the average salary of the inhabitants of the United States. As well as other features, such as quality and other additional services.

Fortunately, the US carriers have a lot of interesting plans for the local population, as well as other additional services. Once operators have been divided into two types – CDMA and GCM. But now it does not play a special role.

In America, you can buy phone and rate plan in the salons of cellular communication or the Internet. It is much more profitable to make a purchase via the Internet. Many operators often offer discounts and promotions that are not available in stores. Cellular operators in the United States offer a variety of plans to communicate. Typically, each package includes internet access. Generally in the US phone and internet are inseparable. Therefore, access to the Internet provides the company with which the user uses the mobile communication.

In addition, operators work well with devices from Apple IPhone. They offer both contract connection and prepaid plans (without a contract). Usually the cost of data packets operators is quite high. Therefore more profitable to take the package contract. Also in this case, can be purchased ood phone at low cost or even free. For example, iPhone.

People who come to America for a short period of time, acquire pre-paid plans, which do not require SSN or credit history. For such people we recommend operator NET10 which has favorable contract plans. Often it is used by the students. You can also use other such as MetroPCS and SIMPLE Mobile. And for those who rarely use smartphones, ideal AirVoice that offers the low cost of a certain number of minutes to talk.

It should be remembered that the prices for the services of mobile operators are indicated without taxes. Also some US carriers charge for incoming calls and SMS.

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Unlock is a process disconnecting the mobile phone iPhone (6S, 6S Plus, 6, 6Plus, 5S, 5C, 5, 4S, 4) from the mobile operator. Unlock verizon iphone 5 necessary, if you bought an iPhone with a contract of verizon, but you want to use another operator.

IMEI of iPhones are stored in a single database activation servers Apple. This database can be accessed only Apple employees and representatives of mobile operators, which signed an agreement with Apple to sell locked iPhone. For every iPhone in the database contains information on how it is locked or not, if so, on what mobile operator.

When you turn on the iPhone for the first time or do recovery firmware, the device is activated. Once, iTunes sends to Apple server several hardware IDs. The server finds your iPhone by IMEI in the database Apple and sends the activation key. It is encrypted order to allow iTunes unlock verizon iphone 5 for one or for all mobile operators.

How to unlock verizon iphone 5 official?

Official Unlock iPhone is one way to unlock verizon iphone 5 from the mobile operator and use it with any connection.

Official unlock is very convenient and fast procedure.  During the official unlock verizon iphone 5 company Apple change IMEI in database that stores all the information about smartphones. This is the most reliable method and is done once and for all.

How to unlock verizon iphone 5 software?

Software unlock iPhone works by modem vulnerabilities in the iPhone. This type of unlock iPhone requires a modification of the program cover the device.

The software unlock verizon iphone 5 can all versions of iOS, but to install it, you must first jailbreak your phone. Traditionally jailbreak comes only a few days after the release of new firmware.

Software unlock verizon iphone 5 is the most popular type unlock because it is completely free.

How to unlock verizon iphone 5 hardware?

Hardware unlock verizon iphone 5 involves working with internal hardware iPhone.

For example, iPhone 2G can be unlocked by opening the housing and closing the right contacts on the chip modem.

The most popular method of a hardware unlock is GEVEY SIM – a special tray for SIM-card for the verizon iphone 5 and verizon iphone 5S, which allows you to force iPhone to accept SIM-card of another operator.

This method is interesting, but uncomfortable. Firstly, you need to pay extra money for Gevey Sim. Secondly, if you want to update the firmware to the latest version, the iPhone after this procedure again blocked.

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During the presentation of the new smartphones iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus Apple has told about iPhone Upgrade Program. This program allows each year to buy a new version of the iPhone, paying for a year subscription fee. We figured out how it works.

The cost of the new smartphone iPhone is evenly distributed for 24 months. User iPhone Upgrade Program will be able to get a “free” iPhone only next year, because you first need to make 12 payments. For example, younger model iPhone 6S will cost $ 32.41 per month, and the most expensive iPhone 6S Plus 128 GB is $ 44.91.

The program is not designed to contracts with mobile operators, so the iPhone will not be tied to any of them. However, the mark at the bottom of the page says that the smartphone to be used with one of the US carriers: AT & T, Sprint, T-Mobile or Verizon.

IPhone Upgrade Program included support AppleCare +. You’ll be able to repair the smartphone twice if accidental damage. But there is another mark, which says that every repair you need to make tax levy: $ 79 in the case with the iPhone 6 and below, and $ 99 in the case of the iPhone 6s and above.

As we noted above, after 12 payments you can take a new iPhone and start new iPhone Upgrade Program. The repayment of the remaining 12 payments is the previous iPhone, which you give to one of Apple Store.

iPhone Upgrade Program is available from 12 September for all residents of the United States with an active credit card. As the iPhone Upgrade Program is designed in cooperation with Citizens Bank, users need to sign a 24-month loan with repayment in installments.

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